Re: still having problems

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Bob Schmidt wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried running dpkg as mentioned below, and changed the card to the 
> correct card. But I still am not able to get into the xserver. When I 
> boot the computer and it comes to the point of trying to get into gdm, 
> the screen flashes 3 or 4 times then says "unable to start x server" 
> then it says do you want to try and figure it out. If I let the 
> computer try to figure it out it locks up. I'm not real versed in 
> linux so I don't really know waht to do next. Any suggestions?

First, disable gdm until you get this figured out. There are several 
ways; I'd put "exit 0" as the first executable line in "/etc/init.d/gdm".

Then try starting X with "startx". After it fails, there should be some 
text on the screen; it might provide a clue as to what's wrong. (There 
may be some non-video issue, like not able to initialize the mouse, 
etc.) Also look in "/var/log/XFree86.log.0".

You can also try dropping your video resolution and/or color depth.

--
Kent